How did Shadow and Bone end? They find the stag, but Alina can't kill him before the Darkling's army arrives. The Darkling kills him and makes Alina an amplifier, binding her to the Darkling.

Who ends up together in Shadow and Bone book?

Ultimately, though, Mal and Alina are endgame. After three books of will they or won't they, Alina's dalliance with the Darkling, and near-engagement to Nikolai, the pair end up together running the old orphanage where they grew up in Keramzin.

Does Shadow and Bone have a happy ending?

Caitie The characters will always be broken in someway by the events of this series but overall, yes it is a happy ending.